ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday began its hearing of Panama Case and in compliance with its order, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Children Maryam Nawaz, Hussain Nawaz and Hassan Nawaz submitted a joint reply in the Court.
In the reply submitted before a five-member larger bench headed by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali and read by the prime minister’s Lawyer Salman Aslam Butt, Maryam Nawaz said that she was a trustee of Nielsen and Nescom companies and had not been a beneficiary of any Offshore Company.
Maryam Nawaz said that she had been filing her tax returns regularly since 1999. She said all the allegations levelled against her are baseless.
Hussain Nawaz and Hassan Nawaz also rejected the allegations leveled in the petitions. They said that they were not dependent on the prime minister and that they were non- resident Pakistanis and conducting business outside the country over the last many years.
The apex court ordered all parties of the case to submit documents of property by November 15. However, the prime minister’s Lawyer Salman Aslam Butt sought 15 days from the court for submitting documents of the property.
But the court rejected his plea and adjourned the hearing till November 15.
Earlier talking to media outside the Supreme Court, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry said that the person who first established an Offshore Company was making noise.
Tariq Fazal Chaudhry said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was being punished for constructing China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. He said that the prime minister’s children had submitted their replies in the court.
